Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" | Claudio Abbado

Lucerne Festival. 21 August 2003, 7.30 pm. The atmosphere in the large concert hall in the spectacular, steel and glass Culture and Convention Centre built on the shore of Lake Lucerne by the French star architect Jean Nouvel is electric. The event was sold out months ago. Here and there a throat is softly cleared, people settle in their seats, their faces alert and expectant. At last, doors open and the members of the newly founded Lucerne Festival Orchestra come on to the platform. There are many very well-known faces: the clarinettist Sabine Meyer and Emmanuel Pahud, the fleet-fingered first flute from the Berliner Philharmoniker, Natalie Gutman among the cellists, members of the Hagen and Alban Berg Quartets among the rank and file of strings, and other players include Albrecht Mayer (oboe), Kolya Blacher (violin) and Wolfram Christ (viola).

Claudio Abbado

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"

Lucerne Festival Orchestra

Recorded live at the Lucerne Festival, Summer 2003 Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne, 21 August 2003 Eteri Gvazava - soprano Anna Larsson - mezzo-soprano Orfeón Donostiarra José Antonio Sainz Alfaro - chorus master Lucerne Festival Orchestra Claudio Abbado - conductor Chapters: 0:00 Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" 1:37 I. Allegro maestoso 22:26 II. Andante moderato 32:18 III. [Scherzo] In ruhig fließender Bewegung 43:38 IV. Urllicht. Sehr feierlich, aber schlicht 48:42 V. Im Tempo des Scherzo. Wild herausfahrend - "Auferstehn"